Anchor-stowing mechanism for ships.



PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903.

J. KIDD. ANCHOR STOWING MECHANISM FOR SHIPS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1903.

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UNITED STATES iatented. August 11, 1903:.

JOSEPH KIDD, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

ANCHOR-STOWING MECHANISM FOR SHIPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,985, dated August 11, 1903.

Application filed January 3, 1903. Serial No. 137,711. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OsEPH-KIDD, a resident of -Duluth, in the countyof St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Anchor-Stowing Mechanism for Ships; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in ships, and more particularlyto improved anchor-stowing mechanism therefor, the object of theinvention being to so house the anchor that it will be out of the wayand not liable to strike an object approached by the vessel and whichwill so support the anchor as to prevent wear of the ships side andwhich will be so housed as to immediately fall when lowered.

WVith this object in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the bow of a ship,illustrating my improvements thereon; and Fig. 2 is a view in sectionthereof.

Heretofore ships have been ordinarily supplied with hawse pipesextending from the deck through the ships side. The chain is passedthrough this hawse-pipe,secured at one end to the stem of the anchor andat its other end to a Windlass. The Windlass is operated to hoist theanchor and draw the stem up into the hawse-pipe and hold the arms andflukes of the anchor against the side of the ship, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2. As the stem has a certain amount of play or motion inthe hawse-pipe, any motion of the ship will cause the flukes of theanchor to rub against the side plates, and this constant rubbing wearsholes in the plates to the damage of the hull. The anchor thus held isalso the first thing to strike or catch upon an object the vesselapproaches and is a constant source of danger not only to the shipitself, but also to wharves, docks, or vessels which it may strikeagainst. My invention is designed to overcome these and other defects inthe method of stowing anchors as heretofore and will now be described indetail.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents the hull of a vessel, havingan opening in its side communicating with my improved an= chor-pocket 2,of metal, preferably cast, and of the general shape shown, which issecured by bolts or otherwise to the ships side. The hawse-pipe 3communicates with and is secured to a neck 4 of the pocket and at its upper end is secured to the deck 5.

6 represents the hawse or anchor-chain, se= cured to the end of stem 7of the anchor 8. The anchor is of that character having the stempivotally connected with the arms carrying fiukes 9, and the latter areof the ordinary T shape, and the arms join a spherical enlargement 10between them to receive a ball on stem 7 and form the pivotalconnection.

In operation the chain 6 is wound on the Windlass, drawing up the anchoruntil stem 7 is drawn up into the hawse-pipe 3. A continued upward pullof the chain will draw the long members of the fiukes into the pocket 2and the shorter members thereof and the arms against theships side,closing the pocket, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. When the an choris in this position, the flukes will rest on the approximately fiatbottom of the pocket and be supported therein and the anchor heldagainst movement, but when the Windlass permits the unwinding of thechain the anchor will of its own weight fall out of the pocket and canbe lowered without diffi culty. The fender-strake 11 of the ship, whichprojects outward beyond the side, serves to protect the anchor andprevents the same from striking, and if desired I can make the pocketsufficiently deep to envelop the anchor and provide a cover to bemoved-over the pocketopening and inclose the anchor therein.

A great many changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I donot confine myself to the precise construction set forth, but considermyself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairlyfall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

structed at its upper end to be secured to the deck of a ship, of ananchor-pocket having a horizontally-disposed compartment for thereception of the dukes of an anchor and an inclined hollow extensionsecured to and communicating with the lower end of said hawsepipe, saidpocket having an opening in its front for the passage of the flukes ofan anchor into said horizontal compartment.

2. The combination with the deck and hull of a ship each having anopening therein, of a hawse -pipe secured to the deck under the holetherein, a pocket secured to the hull of the ship in line with theopening therein and a hollow inclined extension on said pocket securedto and communicating with the lower end of said hawse-pipe.

3. The combination with the deck and hull of a ship, each having anopening therein, of a pocket secured to the hull in line with theopening therein and having a horizontallydisposed compartment for thereception of the flukes of an anchor, an inclined hollow extension onthe pocket, and an inclined hawsepipe secured at one end to said hollowextension and at the other end to the deck in line with the holetherein.

4:. The combination with the hull and deck of a ship, each having anopening therein, of a pocket within the hull in line with the openingtherein and provided with flanges secured to the inner face of the hull,a hollow extension on said pocket, an inclined hawse-pipe secured at itsupper end to the deck in line with the hole therein and secured at itslower end to said hollow extension.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH KIDD.

lVitnesses:

ROBERT DUNN, II. R. SPENCER.

